Drama
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| '''Drama''' is a [[literary form]] involving parts written for [[actor]]s to perform. It is a [[Greek language|Greek]] word meaning "action", drawn from the "to do". | '''Drama''' is a [[literary form]] involving parts written for [[actor]]s to perform. It is a [[Greek language|Greek]] word meaning "action", drawn from the "to do". | ||
| - | Dramas can be performed in various media: live performance, [[radio]], [[film]], and-or [[television]]. "[[Closet drama]]s" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]], ''[[Manfred]]'' by [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Byron]], and ''[[Prometheus Unbound]]'' by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]. Drama is also often combined with [[music]] and [[dance]], such as in [[opera]] which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment. | + | Dramas can be performed in various [[media]]: [[theatre]], [[radio]], [[film]], and-or [[television]]. "[[Closet drama]]s" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]], ''[[Manfred]]'' by [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Byron]], and ''[[Prometheus Unbound]]'' by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]. Drama is also often combined with [[music]] and [[dance]], such as in [[opera]] which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment. |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations]] | *[[The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations]] | ||
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Drama is a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It is a Greek word meaning "action", drawn from the "to do".
Dramas can be performed in various media: theatre, radio, film, and-or television. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays (with dialogue, scenes, and "stage directions"), but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of Seneca, Manfred by Byron, and Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Drama is also often combined with music and dance, such as in opera which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment.
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